there's been entire Manual conversion kits on ebay for roughly 3 weeks. Included everything - even the computer.
Isn't the T5 what the VS commodores used? Mine came factory with a Getrag m35 box.
The borg warner T5 is very notchy and pretty annoying to drive if you're used to the getrag box, however it's much firmer and parts are easier to get stronger bits for it. My friend with a VU v6 swapped his getrag box out (killed it at drags - only got it half in gear and killed 1st/2nd), and i think it cost him about 3k all up.
The Getrag is good, mine cops a decent thrashing and hasn't missed a beat yet. Shifting is very smooth, much quieter than the T5 PROVIDED you keep the dual mass flywheel setup. Probably would reccomend a Billet shifter to clean up the sloppiness of the stock shifter.
Oh yes, i did forget that, and i did look it up later and fix it in a previous thread of mine. Again, i think i need to shutup sometimes. The Getrag in the VY's is Type 260 (or Option code M35 like stated above).
I would suggest against a T5, theyr'e cheaper but not worth it for your engine. Sorry for the confusion.
Yeah I can understand that but alot of people don't do their own work and get ripped by shops. The $8000 figure is for a Mal Woods kit without fitting labour so I figured it to be a good ball park figure. Blokes that can do the work themselves are always ahead but still a T56 convo won't be much cheaper than $8000 for parts alone.
Standard V6s don't like T56? Nothing a turbo won't fix LMAO
For a bloke that just posted a thread last week on how do I do a T56 conversion you seem to have all the answers :thumbsup:
chargedvx6, It IS actually a lot cheaper than $8000 just for parts. Trust me on that one
Although, that could be the fact that i'm getting Trade Prices at Holden and other parts from other places which are a lot cheaper. Never pay retail
Yes, standard V6's will not like the T56 due to the gear ratios! They're just waay too far out. E.g. First gear:
Type 260: 3.829:1
Auto Box: 3.059:1
T56: 2.660:1
Basically first gear of the T56 is basically like second gear on the T260. You'll need to push out a fair bit of power for it to be usefull for a T56 [out of a 6 cylinder anyways].
LOL, actually, last week wasn't my first week, there's a post somewhere here asking for advice that is over a month old of mine now. And i have been researching the changeover for over 3 months now :whistling
Mainly that post that i did a month ago here was to check if people gave the same advice as what i came to. Since that time i have contacted professionals on the matter and got their suggestions too. Then came the post last week on another forum [speaking of which can you PM me if Deak replies to my posts in the transmission section? {i go to login and it starts logging me in, but when it goes back to the index it's logged out already, very frustrating LOL}] and that post i did on that forum was to make sure i didn't miss any parts i needed for the changeover. Speaking of which, the automatic reverse lockout solenoid circuit is almost complete.
Since then i've been thinking about it all in my head and how it's going to work. Again, doing more research and finally i'm at the stage of all the parts, but since i'm not in a hurry i can wait for parts to become cheaper
